I would love to be able to sit at work. I've got 4 12-hour shifts left until I'm officially off the schedule, and if little lady is late I don't think I'm going to pick any shifts up after that. We get a lot of med- seeking patients and angry/ demanding people on my unit, and besides running up and down the halls, being over heated, not getting to sit/eat/drink/pee when I need to, I am way past being able to deal with the demanding attitudes.
I am 36+6 and currently at work as I write this (so you can see the productivity level...) My supervisors have made it pretty clear that they need a body here until the 24th at least (I'm due the 28th). I had the leave saved up and wanted to take a little beforehand so I wouldn't have to stress about going into labor at work (I'm 45 minutes from home/1 hour from the hospital....and I work on a secure site and mostly alone...so getting a ride home is rough)...Part of me hopes to go into labor a few days early just to stick it to them
So I'm 37w5d and my ob has scheduled my induction for 39 weeks exactly due to gestational hypertension and borderline GD. I've been on the borderline for them both and it's annoying. I keep regular glucose readings with controlled diet and my blood pressure is like 124/80 now. It was a bit higher in the middle of my pregnancy. Anywho, with both issues the high risk docs don't want me to go past 39 weeks. I'm only at 1 cm. stubborn little boy! With all of that being said, my induction date means, I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE WEEK OF WORK!!!! Wheeeeeeeewww hoooooo. Unless little one has other plans, I will succeed in the "work until he comes" obstacle course and That finish line is JUST a week away. It's kinda sad, I'm cleaning my desk now lolololololol )
I am 39 weeks 3 days and still working as well. Even though I have a desk job it is so hard being there 8 hours, so tired and not as motivated. I am so ready for baby to be here. If she is not here by the time I am 40 weeks 2 days then I will probably start my FMLA at that point.
i am officially taking off at week 39 weeks 5 days. I was hoping to go on my own by then but my Dr. says judging by my cervix, i'll probably go to the end, or even late. That last week of Aug summer camp is over and school doesn't start yet, so I'm going to stay home with my 8 year old step daughter until school starts I guess. Hubby dropped the ball on lining up his parents to help watch and they've made other plans to hang out with his Step-Mom's grandkids, so we're up a creek with nobody to watch her. This should be interesting 5000 months pregnant and trying to entertain an 8 year old.....and hopefully not going into labor and relying on her to get me to the hospital
@eiliev88 I'm sitting at this desk and you'd think Im a new hire with no clue what to do. I've done the bare minimum to make it thru this week.
@Bickey11 oooo good luck. I'll be 38w5d on my last day and I'm near certain everyone will Need to tread lightly. Hopefully you and your SD have a good/ non stressful time.
I'm 37 weeks and in the morning its just hard getting out of bed i come into work at 8 i woke up at 7 today i was so happy i showered last night. I get distracted a lot more but i know i shouldnt because i need to leave everything prepare before i got on leave. Ive thought about leaving a week early at 39 weeks but just thinking of coming back to work and my work be a mess stresses me out lol
I am working until the end. I work with children on the spectrum I'm a small private practice. All,the moms are guessing the due date. I say it will be Aug 23 or 24. My husband says around the same. My son says t he 18th. I'm due the 28. I Hope to make it to the 26th (last day of work).
Some parents think next week. The ladies at work are throwing me a lunch a week from monday. We will see. I'm still pretty high, maybe he'll drop monday..lol
I would love to be able to sit at work. I've got 4 12-hour shifts left until I'm officially off the schedule, and if little lady is late I don't think I'm going to pick any shifts up after that. We get a lot of med- seeking patients and angry/ demanding people on my unit, and besides running up and down the halls, being over heated, not getting to sit/eat/drink/pee when I need to, I am way past being able to deal with the demanding attitudes.
Omg this exactly!!!! Except I have three 12's and 2 eights left and then I'm off. Some days I think I may pick up a shift here and there afterward but then when I'm not sleeping and having Braxton hicks I'm like hell to the no.
I also have gotten to the point where I am all " just keeping them alive until 7:05" I don't do anything extra or above and beyond. It's sad and so unlike me but so true at this moment
I am 37 weeks 4 days and I am SO exhausted! I feel SO bad for the people I work with because I am not a pleasure to be around. They'll come up to me and try to have a small conversation and I just give them the most deadliest look. And to top it off, there's going to be temp interviews for when I'm on my 8 week maternity leave, and they want these people to sit with me to see what I do during the day and I'm sorry, but I don't want to pretend to be nice lol. Whew. I can go on and on, but ain't nobody got time fo dat!
Checking back in all. 40wks5d today. Doctor wants to induce Thursday if fluids look okay, hoping maybe my ultrasound tomorrow will entice her to give me until Friday if nothing happens before. Anyways, tomorrow at 40+6 is finally my last day. I have over 100 hours of vacation and sick time so I scheduled off after tomorrow in hopes to have a peaceful day to myself Wednesday should they choose to induce me Thursday. FX maybe ill go into labor on my own before then.
My drive in is a half hour to 45min. By the time I get to work I can barely walk to the front door from sitting so long, so I have to do the painfully slow waddle..
Everyone is annoying as hell! "How are you feeeeliiing?" "Any day now, huh?!" "Are you excited??"
No. I'm not excited.
Of course I am, moron! I'm having a baby! What a stupid question. Now give me cake or go away.
3 weeks and 3 days to go... seems like an eternity.
My (least)favorite. ..getting closer? No...actually everyday I wait to have this baby it gets further away...or when I sigh or say how tired I am, this one coworker (who is older and never been pregnant ) says "I feel the same way" or "I know how you feel!" Oh, you do? Your 10 months pregnant? How about you think about what you are saying to a pregnant woman before you say it! I have responded to her a couple of times about it and she seems to say it a lot less but really...
My give a damn is totally busted. 38+ 2 today and I am literally just keeping my patients alive and giving them their meds. I was able to go home after 8 hours today because we were over staffed and the hospital has low occupancy. Thank you Jesus. I have another 12 tomorrow. Then I have an 8 on Thursday, 8 on Saturday and 12 on Sunday and then I'm on maternity leave. I cannot freaking wait.
I work at a small doctors office where there's just 3 of us (the MA, the girl who's covering for me and me) the temp is on vacation this week (in which I'm hoping LO doesn't decide to come early because of it!) So my last day is next Friday the 21st because I'm due on the 31st and I want to get some more organizing and relaxation done before she comes.
38 weeks and 1 day now. If one more trgular customer comments on my size or my pressence i may just go Ronda Rousey on them. My last day is technically Saturday since I am being induced next wednesday due to uncontrolled GD. I just don't get why so many people feel it is ok to comment on my size or appearence No he is not going to be 10 pounds... no i am not having twins. Yes i am exhausted and not sleeping. Yes it is miserably hot outside. Yes my ankles are starting to swell.
Times this convo times 10 with practically every customer i meet and it gets old fast. I wish someone would come up with better material.
I would love for everyone I work With to know I'm fully aware of how pregnant I am. I'm also fully aware of how many d*mns I have left! I'm trying to keep the smile but ppl are annoying
I officially have three shift left! Today and the weekend. If one more patient touches my belly I might scream. If one more person says oh wow you are really waddling now or you look so ready. You know what? Who wouldn't look like a happy ball of sunshine after 12 hours on your feet running around and saving your life :-) that is all
39 weeks and 3 days, for the last month I've only been scheduled 2 days a week (I'm a server at a sports bar) and I got both of my shifts covered last weekend due to false labor contractions. I already got my 2 shifts this weekend covered since I'm being induced sometime within the next week. so longgggggg work! I don't get paid either way so it doesn't make a difference to me... although I wish I was still working. it's way too hard on my body physically
40+1 today and I did inform everyone yesterday that I was going to work from home for the remainder of this pregnancy. There is no point in my going in anymore.
38.6 today and still working. Last week they finally cut me down to five 8 hour days instead of five 10's, which has been really helpful - albeit they didn't do it out of the kindness of their heart, it was doctor ordered. But either way, I'll take what I can get. Luckily I work a desk job, so no manual labor, but I'm a zombie at this point. Answering the phone and doing the bare minimum, not exactly employee of the month, but right now I can't be bothered to care. Oops?
Also SO over all the questions and comments from coworkers and customers alike. Like, no, obviously I haven't had this baby yet. Do you think I would still be here if I had?? I am thinking about just putting up a sign on my wall that says "Yes, I'm still here. Baby is due next week. Its a boy, and yes, my first. Yes, I'm ready to be done."
A customer came in yesterday and the first words out of his mouth were "Wow, you look like you're ready to pop!" So I looked him straight in the eye and said, completely dead-pan, "Thank you." Might have been kind of bitchy, but after hearing those comments at least a dozen times a day, I needed to say it. The shade of red that his face turned was also mildly satisfying. Shouldn't people know not to say dumb stuff like that to very pregnant women? I know I'm a whale, thanks for pointing it out.
Ugh, sorry for the vent. I feel better. Hang in there everyone!
I officially have three shift left! Today and the weekend. If one more patient touches my belly I might scream. If one more person says oh wow you are really waddling now or you look so ready. You know what? Who wouldn't look like a happy ball of sunshine after 12 hours on your feet running around and saving your life :-) that is all
You're the ish to me! Bc I would probably leave someone on a bed pan if they kept touching me!
40+1 today and I did inform everyone yesterday that I was going to work from home for the remainder of this pregnancy. There is no point in my going in anymore.
If I make it to 40 weeks, I'm planning on working at home til baby comes. "Work" right now consists of sitting on TB, Facebook, online shopping, etc. I think I can manage that at home.
39 weeks and 2 days and still here! I don't feel well today, though, and look pretty out of it. Nice of my coworker to point out that I don't look so great. Oh thanks, bitch!
I actually have work to do and feel somewhat bad leaving it to the newbies they hired.... but I've done most of the leg work at this point so they could manage without me. I worked from home yesterday and my mind was just messing with me the whole time about when this baby will come. It might be better just to go in and deal with the constant questions/comments than dealing with the mindf*ck all day of just laying around, "working", being bored and wondering when the heck this will all happen. Ugh, can't win. Oh and 38.3 along.
Went into work today and during our morning meeting (we all stand) I started to get very clammy and hot. My manager said that I could work from home for the rest of the day, so I took her up on that. I am 39 weeks and 2 days and feeling very off. I felt like I was going to get sick and had cold sweats earlier this morning. Now I just feel a little off and sore.
My due date was yesterday. Still working, or at least coming to work and sitting here bored bcs I've had nothing on my calendar for 2 weeks, but do not want to start my leave early and waste the time I could have with my new baby after. Constantly being asked why I'm still here and why there's no baby yet is more exhausting than growing and carrying around an 8lb baby in my belly!
I'm 38w 4d and every day I come into work with the intention to be productive but as soon as I sit down it goes out the window. These days are dragging just because I'm so anxious. It doesn't help when everyone comments about how I look like I'm about to pop, I surely won't make it to tomorrow, or you have definitely dropped he will be here any day now. My favorite part of the week is my doctor appointments just in hopes she says "Yep, we are going to have a baby today!"
My give a dang is also broken. I work from home, but it's even worse. I want to go clean or just sit in the nursery lol. 39 weeks and I'm over it! Really hoping this kid comes soon so I can be done with work.
Re: *** 8/13**** Working until delivery/ induction etc Moms Check in
@Bickey11 oooo good luck. I'll be 38w5d on my last day and I'm near certain everyone will
Need to tread lightly. Hopefully you and your SD have a good/ non stressful time.
Some parents think next week. The ladies at work are throwing me a lunch a week from monday. We will see. I'm still pretty high, maybe he'll drop monday..lol
I also have gotten to the point where I am all " just keeping them alive until 7:05" I don't do anything extra or above and beyond. It's sad and so unlike me but so true at this moment
My (least)favorite. ..getting closer? No...actually everyday I wait to have this baby it gets further away...or when I sigh or say how tired I am, this one coworker (who is older and never been pregnant ) says "I feel the same way" or "I know how you feel!" Oh, you do? Your 10 months pregnant? How about you think about what you are saying to a pregnant woman before you say it! I have responded to her a couple of times about it and she seems to say it a lot less but really...
Times this convo times 10 with practically every customer i meet and it gets old fast. I wish someone would come up with better material.
With to know I'm fully aware of how pregnant I am. I'm also fully aware of how many d*mns I have left! I'm trying to keep the smile but ppl are annoying